On the seashore of endless worlds children meet
The infinite sky is motionless overhead
And the restless water is boisterous
On the seashore of endless worlds
The children meet with shouts and dances

They build their houses with sand
And they play with empty shells
With withered leaves they weave their boats
And smilingly float them on the vast deep
Children have their play on the seashore of worlds

They know not how to swim
They know not how to cast nets
Pearl fishers dive for pearls
Merchants sail in their ships
While children gather pebbles and scatter them again
They seek not for hidden treasures
They know not how to cast nets

The sea surges up with laughter
And pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach
Death-dealing waves sing
Meaningless ballads to the children
Even like a mother while rocking her baby's cradle
The sea plays with children
And pale gleams the smile of the sea-beach
On the seashore of endless worlds children meet
Tempest roams in the pathless sky
Ships get wrecked in the trackless water
Death is abroad and children play
On the seashore of endless worlds
Is the great meeting of children